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HENRY H. GRIDLR'Y, oF AUBURN, NRW YORK, AND MARY .L. GRIDLRY,

' oF' BURLINGTON, NRW JERSEY.

imm Paten: ivo. 63,629, dans April 9, 1867.

IMrRovnHRNT LN'vrR'U-IT-Boxns.

vTo ALL WHOMIT MAY ooNoERN;

y"Be it known that we, HENRY H. GRIDLEY,-of Auburn, New York, and MARY GRIDLEY, of the city of Burlington, New J ersey, have=invented a new and improved Method of Making Fruit-Boxes, of which the following is a full and'exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters ofreference markedthereon. i v i l A Figure 1 represents the shell of 'the box, ready to be loekedtogether. It is made of' veneer of any suitable thickness. It is perforated with slots and holes at various places, all which may be made by a punch at one blow, except theperioirlations A, which are described hereafter. The point B is cut into shape at .the same' time. The shell.. is now -locked ltogether .by` hookingthe peculiarly shaped point B into the slot C, -while the slot D at the same time catches the point E, and the whole is held firmly together by then inserting the slidekey F into the 4slots G. The shell thus formed is cup-shaped, so that the boxes will nest together. A bottom being dropped into the shell, the perforations A are made from its outside, so as vto'create numerous ragged progectons on the inside of the same, just above the bottom, as seen at H, g. 1. -They are so numerous and 4prominent as to eectually prevent the .bottom from falling out when the box is turned upside down. 'I An additional aid to keeping the bottom in consists in having the shell made wet hy soak-in g when lock-ed together. The bottom being dry, the shell will naturally contract in drying, and will thus vbe shrunk on. The same advantageous result will be secured by using grec-n wood for the shell. The whole forms a boxcheapenough to be given away with the fruit, and strong enough to bear it hundreds of miles to' market. A complete box is shown in iig. 2. l A

We claim the joining of the ends of the shell by hooking them together, as shown, and. introducing a slide.-

-key or v'other equivalent device, as'describe'd', to assist in keeping said ends firmly together.

Also, securing the bottom in its place `by means of projections on the inside of the shell, formed from the .material thereof, either above or below the bottom, or both above and below.

l Also, the shrinking of the we tor green shell upon the dry bottom, when in' combination with the-above devices.

HENRY H. GRIDLEY, `MARY L. GRIDLHY.

Witnesses:

A. H. GHANBY, F. B. GRIDLEY. 

